Now, I don't know how many of you have ever heard of Jimmy's Flower Shop, it's a little flower shop in Ogden- On Washington Blvd. Now everyday Jimmy's has a sign on their billboard that says, "If your name is ______ come in for a free rose" and as long as I could remember I always longed to have my name on that sign. But of course it would never happen- they always had names that seemed common enough but you never actually knew anyone that HAD that name!
Names like Myrtle, Ethel, Steffania, Bobby, Victor, etc...I knew they'd never have my name. The same way my sisters knew there would never be a Steph, a Val, a Kim or Pam, especially not a Dieuwke. We knew that no matter how much we longed for it it would never happen to us.
Talk about a kick in the pants-- One of my dreams is fulfilled and I can't even reach out and grab it. I was quite dismal and disappointed until my sister mentioned that I should go down and take a picture of the sign before I went home. I completely saw the wisdom in that suggestion- I mean, roses can fade and die- but these pictures, they will stand the test of time. I will always have photographic evidence that I, Bonnie Stohel, could have gone in and gotten a free rose from Jimmy's! Jimmy's chose me!
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Seriously can't even begin to describe how excited I was by this. So much so in fact that I had to write it on my blog as well. (Though I'm sure you already knew that as you are the best blog reader ever!) And as cool as this would have been if it had been the name of anybody else I know it's just not as cool as it being your name because you are the one who shared my ambitions of being on this board, the person who I would converse with about how amazing the moment would be when we saw our name on up their. Right now I'm not even sure I'd could be happier if it was my name. Truly a momentous and exciting day. (No I'm not being sarcastic - I'm really this stoked about it.)
Congratulations Bonnie! (Yes wear your name proudly - it's been on Jimmy's board...okay that didn't come out sounding quite right...)
My word verification was 'plump' I love that word! It sounds so happy and full of life. I don't think I'd mind being plump in my later life.
That's awesome!!!! :D Haha! Too bad they'll never have a Jocelyn up there :( Oh well! I'm so excited for you! :)
You are so totally hilarious, in the way that you describe things! You do it in a way that gets everybody else excited about the same thing for you! Bonnie, that totally rocks! Sorry you didn't get the rose, but super glad you got the picture!
this makes me want to be sure to drive down Washington blvd. every day to keep an eye out for my girls names, and have my camera readily available too of course
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